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THE ARGUS, FRIDAY, JULY 13, loot.
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THE ARGUS.
Published Daily an Weekly at 1621
Second avenue. Rock Island, I1L En
tered at the postofflae as second-class
matter.
By THE J. W. POTTER CO.
TERMS Daily, 10 cents per week.
Weekly, $1 per year In advance.
All communications of argumentative
character, political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica
tion. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township In Rock Island county.
Friday, July 13, 1906.
An employe who won't do his best
until he is "tipped" deserves to be
dropped.
The Dreyfus ca.se has ended as all
such dramas do. with the complete
vindication of the hero.
Get the essential competitive tracks
to the lower end, and start Rock Is
land's industrial development.
Dubuque ministers have commenced
war on the peekaboo waist. This
seems to tlie Des Moines Capital al
most foolish when there is so little
of it.
If John Sharp Williams retires from
politics for a professorship in the Uni
versity of Virginia, the democratic
party will lose one of its brightest and
bblest leaders both in congress and
from a partisan standpoint.
An irem from Omaha tells of a pack
ing house employe who found a dia
mond set in fine gold in the stomach of
of cow. Since the recent meat scan
dals the Nebraska stockmen have per
haps put their cattle on a diamond
diet.
It is impertinent to ask how Leslie
Mortimer Shaw, secretary of the treas
ury and-high priest s ndpatter, likes
the Iowa situation. Cummins seems
to be the groat Iowa statesman, after
all - Tariff reform still seems to be an
Iowa idea, despite Mr. Shaw's best
efforts.
It is really amusing to note th
straining of the republican papers to
put Bryan at a disadvantage with the
American people. An example of this
is afforded in this morning's Chicago
journals, the Tribune, on thp on hand,
declaring that Bryan is "as radical on
the silver question as ever," while the
Chronicle gravely announces that
"Bryan has deserted silver, formally
announcing that his cause is dead."
There is a case where you pay no
money and take your choice.
When Governor Head was in office
in N'ew Hampshire, Colonel Barrett,
an estimable member of the governor's
sraff. died and there was an unseemly
scramble of would-be successors for
the office, even while his lody was
awaiting burial with military honors.
One candidate, somewhat bolder than
the rest, ventured to call up Governor
Head, thinking to ascertain the bent
rf the governor's mind upon the im
portant question. "Governor," he ask
d. "not to speak in a manner too pos
itive, do you think you would have
any objections if I was to get into
Colonel Barrett's place?" The answer
came promptly: "No, I don't think I
should have any objections, if the un
dertaker is willing."
Speed Intanitj.
More than half the accidents that
cccur daily on sea and land are the
direct result of the prevailing mania
for speed that seems to have seized
upon the whole world. One can but
wonder where the craze will lead and
when it will terminate.
Ttie recent railroad wreck In Eng
land, causing a terrible loss of life, re
sulted from an attempt to beat the
thne of a rival line. Most of the rail
road wrecks in this country are at
tributable to the same cause. Every
thing, everybody, is sacrificed to speed.
The auto fluid runs his machine at
locomotive speed, and woe to the man.
woman or child that gets in the way.
The railroad manager tries to cut a
few minutes from his time tables and
sends hit train into the ditch. An
ocean grejhound runs upon hidden
rooiis and there is another horror to
chronicle.
The public is to blame for this con
dition of things. Railroad trains are
driven at breakneck speed because
the traveling public demands it. The
ocean voyager sails in the ship that
can make the best time regardless of
fogs, icebergs or unchartered rocks.
The man in the automobile becomes a
speed maniac for the time being in the
Interest of the automobile manufac
turer and holds human life in no more
tegard than if it were a pebble in the
road.
Nevertheless.' the time is coming
when the lawmaking and the law- i
executing powers will be called upon
to limit the speed of machines that
travel upon sea and land possibly,'
also. r.Tr of the air. There must be
a limit to speed competition In such
matters, and the government owes it
to the community to protect it against
its own rashness and Insanity.
Plainly speaking, the world s trav-
f-ling at too last a gau in evtrjininsi
and the time Is approaching when it (
will be necessary to call a halt anil let')
. 1 . . . . - . 1. unnrlnn T t la thjt nr U Pfl. C
"""" " " Wh .r,,foi wii -
urui smash n of the mental as well ub'
the physical machine.
l'rogressive Democracy in Oregon.
Genuine democracy is more highly
developed in Oregon than in any other
state in the union. The initiative and
referendum in government obtain there
and the results give no comfort to the
opponents of these reforms, and excite
no fear of their continued success.
The Portland Oregonian, the largest
IKiper in the state, reviewing the re
sults of the recent election, says that
"the questions balloted upon by di
rect vote were not party issues. They
Kood or fell upon their merits alone.
They were studied without factional
prejudice and decided, we may fairly
suppose, solely with reference to the
public gK)d." The Oregonian contin
ues its discussion, saying:
"It is one of the greatest merits of
the initiative and referendum that it
makes possible a clear separation b
tween local ami national issues. Under
the older system, which still prevails
in most of the states, the people could
express their opinion upon such a mat
ter as the Barlow toll road purchase
only by their choice of legislators. In
determining this choice, numerous oth
er questions necessarily played a part.
Which party the candidate belonged
to? How he stood on the local option
question. Upon woman suffrage, and
many other matters, would unite to
confuse the mind of the voter, and he
could never express himself clearly.
directly and exclusively upon any par
ticular point. The method of the initia
tive and referendum permits each vi
ler to express his individual opinion
upon every question standing entirely
by itself and without admixture of
personal or partisan bias.
"It absolutely separates the business
department of legislation from the per
sonal and partisan side. Suppose, for
example, while the republican voter
was opposed to the Barlow road pur
chase, the republican candidate
for the legislature from his district
was in favor of it. Under the old sys
tem he could not vote his opinion upon
this matter of pure business without
voting against his party. This was a
real misfortune, and it greatly con
tributed to dishearten the common
man with politics. It made politics
seem to him a hopelessly complicated
game batlling, ineffectual, futile. It
was ali promise and no performance
Under the Oregon system the voter
acts directly upon results. The indi
viiiiual citizt u feels his manhood as he
could not undr the purely represen
tative." The heavy vo!e upon the questions
submitted to the referendum and the
decisive majorities by which they were
accepted or rejected prove that the
Oregon system has solved the problem
of interesting the voters in the dry
details of government. Hitherto they
have shown little interest in these mat
ters because their opinion was only
of indirect and doubtful consequence.
In this election the vote upon abstract
laws and matters of pure finance was
quite as large and enthusiastic as upon
the governor. The referendum bills
and the amendments were disposed of
by majorities ranging from . lO.Oou to
:?.uoo, showing that the people had
studied them and definitely made up
their minus. A small, scattering, in
different vote might well have discour
aged the advocates of direct legisla
tion and would have indicated that the
task of interesting the plain people in
governmental details was hopeless.
The opposite result is proportionately
encouraging."
These large majorities also indicate
that the people enjoy the genuine arti
cle in self-government; and their ac
ceptance of the amendment facilitating
constitutional changes, the one requir
ing the referendum in cities, and the
most excellent one bestowing complete
local government upon municipalities
seems to show that they are determin
ed not to be satisfied with less than
whole. The tendency is well marked.
1707 2V AVI
Rock Island. III.
SUMMER JEWELRY.
Of course, it's jewelry
that is good and wearable
in any other season, but
it seems peculiarly adapt
ed to the airy lingerie
frocks of summer-time.
We have a few very,
very pretty bracelets, new
collar pins, and so on; and
if diversity is the thing,
we've enough of it to pref
ace every one's taste.
1707 29 AVC
Mock Island. III.
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DALLiX
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sympathy of MISS AUDENREID.i
lOrlglnal.
Miss Audenreld one day on going to
her window noticed that the sign
"Apartments to Let" which had for
some time dee-orated the bouse opio
idte had been taken down. A few
days after this she saw a young man
whose overcoat reached to his ankles
walk somewhat stiffly to a carriage
standing at the door, get In and go for
u drive. He was a very nice looking
fellow, faultlessly dressed, and Just
before Kdng driven away he cast a
glance at the window where the lady
was standing looking at bim. She at
uuce lowereel her glance and left the
window.
A few days later she saw the same
young man driven away again. He
looked up at her winelow; but, as she
was standing at a distance, she kept
her position and notlceel that the oc
cupant tf the carriage kept his eyes
fixed on her window till he had passed
lteyond her house. Several times a
week lie took a drive and always look
ed for her. Mis Audenreid's curiosity
was excited to know why the young
man alwn3s wore the long overcoat, be
the weather cold or warm, and why
she never saw him leave the house on
foot. She alse noticed that as soon as
lie was comfortably seated 1k bent
down and adjusted something, but
what the process was she eould not
see.
One day she weut to the window just
as he was driving away, not knowing
that he was out, and received a look
in which there was unconscious ad
miration. As the carriage turned an
automobile came tearing down the
street, there was a collision, and when
it was over a painful sight greeteel
Miss Atidenreid. The man who lived
opposite was being enrrieel back into
the house. Hut the most horrible sight
of all was a man disappearing within
the house carrying a leg.
To see a man's leg cut off in this
horrible manner completely unsettled
the lady's nerves, and she had not the
courage to even look at the house
opposite for several days. Mean
while her heart went out to the
mutilated man. She was anxious
to know whether the would live and
would have asked', bee brother to in
quire if she had haul a brother, which
she had not. She restrained her sym
pathy for awhile, then wrote a - note
stating that a ladj- whrJliad witnessed
the accident wished to be informed
how the injured man "was eloiug.
This she sent by a maid tothe propri
etor of th house opposite. Ile sent it
Up to the sufferer and in at few min
ute's a reply came down, written on
note paper decorated with a crest, say
ing that the gentleman was profoundly
moved by the laely's sympnthy and he
was happy to say that his physician
assured him that be would recover.
Miss Audenreid sent her mali ever
again with inquirie-s, and with theieply
she brought a number of rose's with
a reepiest that the sympathetic Maely
would permit the sufferer to thus ex
press his appreciation of her kindly
interest.
Miss Audeureid lookevl at the beauti
ful flowers, remember.! the uncon
scious glance of admiration the Invalid
had given her but a Imonient before
having been mutilated! for life, and a
tear stood in her eye. -She considered
that she was warrantedtin encouraging
a sufferer to .get again m his feet or,
rather, histne foot amlrpermfttcd her
self by sendip." a note' of thanks to
be drawn into a corrctqvuidence, for
the suffe-rer rep God to her note of
thanks begging her tothrtp him bear
his confinement and his sufferings by
writing him ocftisionnll.v.tpromising nut
to misconstrue her act sou. A number
of lette-rs passed,-bet weten t hem t and it
seemed to Miss 'Audenueld thai in her
correspondent she -had- found i a man
wjiose sentiments rviiekred hinu) worthy
to be loved by any woman. Undeed,
she began to feel a) regret somewhat
selfish, it is true th.it he hail lxn de
prived of his leg, iVor she couSd not
think of marrjvng :r,man who i must
hobble through life.
Finally the invalid wrote that, he
had been promiseel thjit he might tgo
out at the end of the week ami beggeel
that his first exit mighl lie a call. upon
the lady whose encouragement had
been the cause of suclt a speedy re
covery. Miss . Audenreid. replied that
she took great pleasure in granting his
request, and from thrqt moment till
the time of the appointed visit ler
heart fluttered ominously. She, how
ever, fortified herself I with an irrevo
cable resolution that she woulel not
give way to anything which-wculd lead
to her having to refuse at man with. but
one leg.
It was arranged tbatthe invalid
should call alout 8 oVIocklii the even
lug. Miss Audenreidj had aigreat easy
chair placed for him (before i cheerful
open fire and threw an afgtoan over
the back ready for use.
When the bell rangf prompter at 8
o'clock and the visitor had btten an
nounced Miss Audenrea'd went tyo the
drawing room. To her astonishment,
the Invalid advanced totmeet herewith
a buoyancy of step that he hadnot
possessed even beforetheaecklent.
"I am delighted," shetsrcld, "that you
have supplied your deffect sowuecess
fully." . '
"What defect?"
"Your lost leg."
"I haven't lost it. It I was brought
Into the house. You'see.SI had a foot
on which. I couldn't walkand for ap
pearance's sake usediacok support,
strapping up my leg fromx the knee
till I was In the carriage, whoa I al
ways unstrapped It. My .nerves' wero
shattered by the aecident.lbuttmy foot
Is now entirely well."
Miss Audenreid gaveiher heart tarul
hand to a man with two legs.
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"Just a little off the top," you have heard that old saying, haven't you? We have changed it
somewhat. It's now, quite a bit off, in some cases $8 to $10, in a lot of cases $5 and $6 and in no
case less than $3.50. It's SUITS we are talking about. It's cleaning lip time. You know all
broken lines must go
Mir9s Smits ttftmt Were
$15.50.. $15, $16.50. $18 aoui 20
NOW
Window
Full
of
Them
u
MM
Owing to an unusually la.-ge clothing season, e find we have many more broken lines than ever before, and in order to make a quick
clearing of them, we offer suits worth from $13.50 to $20.03 in the prevailing materials and colors, as well 39 all broken lines in blues and
blacks at the uniform price of TEN DOLLARS. We would advise quick action on your part if you contemplate buying a suit.
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YOU
KNOW
CALLS icm
DKMOCHATIC CO VKX-
TIONS.
fount-.
The ooiintv central committee of the
democratic party of Ttoek Iflanil
ly, state or Illinois, iiereoy issues u esm
for :i eountv convention of salit demo
cratic nartv. to he hehl on Thursday,
tin- ttli ilav of August. 1 !0i. at. th
I'rvstal theater. In Koek Island, in said
iniiniv 01" Ruck Island. stat ot Illinois
convening at 11 o'clock a. m.. for the
tun-nose of iinmina t inir candidates for
the followiiiK offices:
One county judire.
one county clerk,
one county treasurer.
One county superintendent of schools.
One sheriff.
The primary delegate districts in said
county are entitled to delegates to con
ventions as follows:
Cordova 2
foe
Canoe Creek 1
1'ort Uyron 2
Ziinia jj
Hampton, first precinct...- 2
Hampton .second precinct 1
Hampton, third precinct 1
South Moline. lirst precinct 1
South Moline, second precinct .-. 1
South iloline. third precinct .1
Moline, First ward, 1st precinct 1
Moline, First ward. 2nd precinct 1
Moline, Second ward. 1st precinct 1
Moline, Second ward. 2nd precinct.... 1
Moline, Third ward. 1st precinct 1
Moline, Third ward. 2nd precinct 1
Moline. Fourth ward. 1st precinct.... 1
Moline, Fourth ward, 2nd precinct... 1
Moline, Fifth ward, 1st precinct 1
Moline, Fifth ward, 2nd precinct 1
Moline. Sixth ward, 1st precinct 1
Moline, Sixth ward. 2nd precinct 1
Moline, Seventh ward, 1st precinct... 1
Moline, Seventh ward. 2nd precinct... 1
Hock Island, First ward, 1st precinct. 1
Hock Island, First ward. 2nd prec... 2
Hock Island, Second ward, 1st prec... 3
Hock Island, Second ward. 2nd prec... 4
Hock Island. Third ward. 1st prec... 3
Hock Island, Third ward. 2nd prec... 4
Hock Island. Third ward. 3rd prec... 3
Hock Island, Fourth ward. 1st prec... 3
Hock Island. Fourth ward, 2nd prec... 2
Hock Island, Filth ward, 1st prec... 3
Hock Island. Filth ward, 2nd prec... 3
Hock Island. Sixth ward, 1st prec 3
Hock Island. Sixth ward, 2nd prec...
Hock Island. Seventh ward. 1st prec..
Hock Island. Seventh ward. 2nd prec. I
Hock Island, Seventh ward, 3rd prec. 1
Smith Rock Island 5
Mlack Hawk 3
Coal Valley 2
Hural 1
Howling1 i 1
Krlsrinirtnn. 1st precinct 1
Kihrimrton. 2nd precinct 2
Andalusia 1
Huffalo I'ralrie 3
Orurv 2
91
FIRST DISTRICT.
Cordova. Canoe Creek. Port Byron,
Zuma. Coe; Hampton. 3rd precinct.
Delegates Senatorial, congressional
and slate. 1.
SECOND DISTRICT.
Hampton. 1st precinct; Hampton, 2nd
precinct: South Moline, 1st precinct;
South Moline. 2nd precinct; South Mo
line. 3rd precinct; Coal Valley. Hurai.
I )eleg-atca Senatorial, congressional
and state, 1.
THIRD DISTRICT.
Moline. Seventh ward, 1st precinct;
Moline. Seventh ward. 2nd precinct;
Molint. Sixth ward. 1st precinct: Moline,
Sixth ward. 2nd precinct; Moline, Fifth
ward. 1st precinct; Moline, Fit tit ward.
2nd precinct; Moline, Fourth ward, 1st
precinct.
J telegates Senatorial, congressional
and state. 1.
FOURTH DISTRICT.
Molie. Fourth ward, 2nd precinct;
Moline. Third ward, 1st precinct: Mo
line, Third ward. 2nd precinct: Moline,
Second ward. 1st precinct; Moline, Sec
ond ward, 2nd precinct: " Moline, First
ward. 1st precinct; Moline, First ward,
2nd prectnet.
senatorial, congressional
m III
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FIFTH DISTRICT.
Hock Island. Seventh ward, 1st pre
cinct; Rock Island, Seventh ward. 2nd
precinct; Rock Island. Seventh ward.
:;rd precinct; Hock Island. Sixth ward.
2nd precinct. !
1 )el.g;i tes Senatorial, congressional
and state, 1.
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Rock Island. Fifth ward. 1st precinct;
Hock Island. Fifth ward. 2nd precinct.
Delegates Senatorial, congressional
nml state. 1.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Rock Island. Fourth ward, 1st pre
cinct : Hock Island, Fourth ward. 2nd
precinct.
I telcgates Senatorial, congressional
and state, 1.
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Rock Island. Third ward. 1st precinct;
Rock Island. Third ward, 2nd precinct;
Rock Island. Third ward. 3rd precinct.
Delegates Senatorial, congressional
and state. 1.
NINTH DISTRICT.
Iiock Island, Second ward. 1st pre
cinct: Rock Island. Second ward. 2nd
precinct; Hock Island. Firwt ward. 1st
precinct; Rock Island, First ward, 2nd
precinct.
Delegates Senatorial, congressional
and state, 1.
TENTH DISTRICT.
South Hock Island, Howling, Black
Hawk.
Delegates Senatorial, congressional
and state. 1.
ELEVENTH DISTRICT.
Edgington. 1st precinct: Edgington.
2nd precinct; Andalusia, Buffalo l'rai
rie. Drury.
I telegates Senatorial, congressional
and state. 1.
JOHN P. SEXTON. Chairman.
Attest: George P. Stauduhar,
Secretary-.
Dated at Rock Island, III., this 5th
day of July, 1!06.
Senntorial.
A delegate convention of the demo
cratic party of the Thirty-third sena
torial district of the state of Illinois is
herehy called to meet in the Sixth
street opera house at Keithshurg, 111..
on Tuesday. Aug. 14, 10. at the hour
of 11 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of
nominating one candidate for the otlloe
of state senator, and one candidate for
the oflii-e of representative in the gen
eral assemhly: also to select n, sena
torial committee: also to transact such
other business as may properly come
before the convention. The said con
vention will be composed of 22 dele
gates from the several counties com
posing the district, to be elected at the
primary election to be held on Satur
day. Aug. 4. 190. The basis of repre
sentation will be one delegate for everv
200 votes cast for the Parker and Itavls
electors of the democratic ticket in
1904, and one delegate for each fraction
of 100 or more. Pnder this call the
representation will be as follows:
Votes. Del.
Rock Island county 213". 11
Mercer county 1 37 ti 7
Henderson county 702 4
By order of the democratic senatorial
central committee. i
Dated this 30th day of June. A. D. 1906.
C C. SWISHER,
O. R. -WHITING.
A. M. THORNTON.
Democratic Senatorial Committee of the
Thirty-third Senatorial District of the
State of Illinois.
Coaicrrnslonal.
Delegates to the democratic congres
sional convention for the Foiirt.-pnf h
district of Illinois will meet at Hock
Island. Thursday, Aug. 16, 1906, at 11:30
o'clock a. m., for the purpose of nam
ing a. candidate for congress and to
transact such other business as may
properly come before the convention.
The Dasis or representation from the
various counties in the district Is as
follows:
Hancock 17
Henderson 4
McDonough 14
Mercer. 7
Hock Island 11
1
LONDON
Warren ..
8
Total delegates CI
Bv orl r of congressonal committee.
JOHN P. SEXTON, Chairman.
,T. W. husk. Secretary.
Monmouth. HI., July 7. 19o0.
Automobiles.
For a froe nice easy riding car the
Northern has no equal. Davenport Au
tomobile company.
A great big store full of the
very best things to eat. Poul
try, fresh dressed spring duck
lings, ducks, chickens and spring
frying chickens.
Watermelons and cantaloupes,
ice cold; fresh roasting ears,
new peas, celery, tomatoes, veg
etables of all varieties, and the
Finest Assortment
of Berries arid
Fruits of Ev
ery Kind.
Nice freh corn, per
dozen, Saturday gi
Holland rusks, 3 packages
r 25
Stuffed olives, special,
2 bottles 25
Swedish milk wafers.
per can 25
McLaren's chee-e,, large
size, per jar 20
Harris & Hess
EIGHTEENTH STREET AND
THIRD AVENUE.
Four trunk line phones.
Old Phones 45&-4S7. New Phones
5440-5825.
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